Chapter 248 - Pummel (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The difference between dark spirits and evil spirits was that dark spirits were formed by a person’s heavy resentment after death. They often carried a strong grudge while evil spirits were born from devouring the souls of the dead. The former contained murderous resentment and the latter had no consciousness, and only knew to feed on Celestial Chi, souls, and flesh and blood. Dark spirits were often stronger than evil spirits.

Ye Chen wondered why this dark spirit was locked here.

Ye Chen’s Astral Body swept over the dark spirit and seemed to freeze instantly. The cold dark energy exuding from the dark spirit made Ye Chen shiver.

What a terrifying dark spirit!

The power of this dark spirit was simply unfathomable. Ye Chen could not tell its true strength at all!

Hum hum hum!

At this time, the Soul Pearl on Ye Chen’s chest started vibrating and issued a fierce warble.

Ye Chen hurriedly grabbed the Soul Pearl. It had also seemed to feel the existence of the dark spirit and trembled. He did not know where the dark spirit came from and did not dare to use his Astral Body to try and find out. Instead, he looked in another direction and found a shocking scene.

There was a short but relatively strong Human Puppet around peak Mystique Venerable Rank. His bare arms were engraved with strange inscriptions. He walked toward a corpse and suddenly stretched out his hand as if grabbing something. Ye Chen watched as he picked it up. In the hands of the Human Puppet was a Soul.

The Soul kept struggling, wanting to break free but completely unable to. An unwilling and painful expression appeared on its face.

While carrying the Soul, the Human Puppet walked to the dark spirit and stopped around ten meters away. Then, it suddenly threw the Soul toward the dark spirit.

The Soul seemed to still have a trace of consciousness from when it was still alive. It revealed fear through its expression when it saw the dark spirit that was chained up, and struggled to escape.

The dark spirit locked by the chain gave a strange laugh. It then opened its mouth wide and took a sudden breath. The air around it instantly centered on the dark spirit’s mouth, forming a huge whirlpool. The Soul kept struggling and screaming but still could not break away from the whirlpool and was sucked into the dark spirit’s belly.

The dark spirit’s body emitted a red light after swallowing the Soul and showed a greedy and satisfied expression. The Soul was swiftly digested by the dark spirit.

Ye Chen was terrified at what he saw. These Human Puppets were serving the dark spirit and feeding it! The Human Puppets did not have a respectful attitude toward the dark spirit and did not obey it. It was clear that someone was orchestrating this behind the scenes.

The more Ye Chen thought about it, the colder he got.

Those people set up the Exclusion Zone and specifically dug a place like this under the Exclusion Zone to feed the dark spirit. This might have lasted for tens of thousands of years. Just who was capable of something like this?

What were they planning by feeding the dark spirit?

According to Great Emperor Mingwu, the Exclusion Zone was set up by an organization called the Tribunal Council which made the laws for all countries. It could be seen just how powerful they were.

Ye Chen’s Astral Body swept the area. Besides the dark spirit and the Human Puppets, he did not find anything except for an ancient tomb in a corner. He could not tell when the tomb was built but it was crumbled and out of shape. Most of it was hidden in the soil but Ye Chen could vaguely feel its magnificent outline.

Ye Chen’s Astral Body was unable to enter the tomb. The tomb was built entirely of stone and covered with odd carvings. As soon as Ye Chen’s Astral Body went close to the tomb, he would be bounced off.

The dark wind blew in gusts in the cave, like a ghost castle.

Ye Chen counted. Excluding the bound dark spirit, there were sixteen Human Puppets and three Giant Bats.

The three Giant Bats seemed to be responsible for transporting the bodies from the outside while the Human Puppets were responsible for collecting and picking up the bodies. There was a clear division of labor.

Ye Chen faintly felt that everything here definitely hid a big conspiracy. However, with his current strength, he could not defeat these Human Puppets at all.

The secrets of this world gradually unfolded before Ye Chen’s eyes and he was naturally worried. If the Tribunal Council was as strong as Great Emperor Mingwu had said, what they were plotting would not just involve one or two countries. What did those people want? In the eyes of the world, the Tribunal Council was the supreme existence that maintained world order. However, behind the glamour lay many hidden things.

Ye Chen frowned. These things were not matters Ye Chen could manage now. After pondering, he first told Little Tanuki what his Astral Body saw.

“Little Tanuki, what should we do now?” Ye Chen asked Little Tanuki.

Little Tanuki also frowned, deep in thought. Her expression was just like a human’s. There was an indescribable sort of cuteness.

Little Wingsy looked at Ye Chen and then at Little Tanuki. He also wanted to see what Ye Chen’s Astral Body saw.

“Screech screech screech!”

At this time, they suddenly heard a sound from behind. It came from the direction of the cave entrance.

Ye Chen’s expression paled. His Astral Body quickly flew behind to investigate and saw a Giant Bat carrying the corpse of someone from the Nanman Kingdom and was rapidly flying over.

“Take cover!” Ye Chen hissed. He hid in the corner of the cave between a few boulders.